Meanings
noungeneric platformer (plural generic platformers)
plural generic platformers
- InternetderogatoryAn unoriginal and banal platform game.
Origin
From generic + platformer. Originated in web-based coding website communities, most particularly Scratch.
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generic platformer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generic%20platformer
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“generic platformer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generic%20platformer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generic platformer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generic%20platformer.
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